G/SPS/N/EGY/119  
 
27 January 2021  
(21-0755) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Central 
Administration of Plant Quarantine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where appl icable):  Seed potatoes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Currently approved origins for exporting potato 
seeds to Egypt  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposal of seed potatoes import mechanism . 
Language(s):  Unofficial translation into English . Number of pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EGY/21_0626_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Seed potatoes import mechanism to be applied for imports 
starting of season 2021/2022  from c urrently approved origins for exporting potato seeds 
to Egypt.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect h umans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
− ISPM 7, Phytosanitary certification system  
− ISPM 14, the use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk 
management  
− ISPM 16, Regulated non -quarantine pests: concept and application  
− ISPM 23, Guidelines for inspection  
− ISPM 24, Guidelines for the determination and recognition of equivalence of 
phytos anitary measures  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/EGY/119  
 
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  [X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 March 2021  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 March 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation  
1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza , Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation  
1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com